Interesting Metro site

[hummingwolf]

Somebody, clearly somebody fascinated with transportation systems, has a bunch of pages devoted to DC's Metrorail, with pictures of all the stations in the system, movies taken in many of them, and information about the unique features & architecture of each station, as well as stuff about the different kinds of trains the system has running. My reaction alternates between "Somebody had too much time on their hands" and "Wow, this is pretty neat!"

In the fall, I always kinda wish I had a camera to take pictures of the trees from the Silver Spring station. There's no pic of that here, alas, but there is a photo of the other fun thing at Silver Spring: Penguin Rush Hour! [Edit: Metro's own website has three photos of the mural, starting with this page.]

The main site also covers rail systems in NYC and Pittsburgh, as well as bus systems in DC and some VA cities.

Comments

[pnksaph.livejournal.com]

"Wow, this is pretty neat!"

It is. :-) Amazing what captures some people's passion.

Penguins! Hee.

My icon is the heart of our transportation system, what with all the water we have up here.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

It is! I was looking for something unrelated when I followed a link to the site and was surprised to find myself staying there awhile.

There must be a better picture of those penguins out there somewhere. Their paint was chipped in spots last time I saw them, but they were still very cute. :-)

Washington, DC was built at the confluence of two rivers, but even people who live here forget about the Anacostia. Water doesn't seem to play a huge role in transportation here, except when someone needs to figure out a way to get over it. Oh, but there are some bike trails that run along the Anacostia & tributaries.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Ooh, there are penguin details on Metro's own website.
http://www.wmata.com/about/artwork/red/silver_1.html for the first page,
which also has little links to two other details.

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

How did you find that site about the metro system? Veddy interesting! Also, I see that you list the Anacostia River as an interest. Do you know some good sites about that? I live near the northwest branch of the Anacostia, myself.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I don't recall how I found the site now, but I'm pretty sure I was looking for something else entirely when I found it. As for the Anacostia--though I don't know of too many sites about it, you can at least get a map of the PG County portion of the Anacostia Tributary Trail System. There are plenty of sites out there with reviews of the various trails, like the Sligo Creek trail. And there are people who make blog posts about the trails.

Looking some more... Neighbors of the Northwest Branch home page. Hmm, I really ought to do more research one of these days when I have excess time. There must be some interesting sites out there somewhere!